Definition for clamor from Dictionary.com

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clam·or
[klam-er]

-n.
1. a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
2. a vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction: the clamor of the proponents of the law.
3. popular outcry: The senators could not ignore the clamor against higher taxation.
4. any loud and continued noise: the clamor of traffic; the clamor of birds and animals in the zoo.

-v.i.
5. to make a clamor; raise an outcry.

-v.t.
6. to drive, force, influence, etc., by clamoring: The newspapers clamored him out of office.
7. to utter noisily: They clamored their demands at the meeting.


clam·or
[klam-er]

-v.t.
1. to silence.



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